Anyone here ever heard of the previous Gaben?

My name is Gabriel, though to my family and friends I go by "Gabe"; and to my stormtrooper armor I go by "Gaben".<br><br>As early as I can remember, I have always been fascinated by the universe, mostly its many mysteries. As a child, I would spend hours at the local observatory looking at the stars and talking to the astronomers. They were all very nice and gave me as much information as they could, but they were not sufficient enough to feed my curiosity. So, when I was ten years old, I decided to join space camp, and at the age of 21 I was accepted into the space program.<br><br>After nearly a year of training I was qualified to join the space program. It felt like a dream had come true, and it was. I had just joined the space program, I was going to ride a shuttle to space on the fifth of July, and I was just gonna spend the day in space and then ride the shuttle back to Earth. I was extremely excited, and the day before, I didn't sleep at all. <br><br>I woke up ten minutes before I had to leave, and I didn't take the time to eat anything and then rush to the space center in my golf cart. I was extremely nervous, and soon after I arrived, I vomited. Luckily for me, I was allowed to spend the day in space, but the next day they were going to send me to Mars, and if they decided that I wasn't fit to spend time in space, they would send me back home on the fifth. So, I spent the entire day trying to calm down, but to no avail.<br><br>As I rode the shuttle, I was extremely anxious, and I was alone, and the shuttle was really small, so I had no way to distract myself. Luckily for me, I soon found out that I didn't have motion sickness, so I wasn't going to throw up, but I was still really nervous, and extremely excited, it was a really weird feeling. And then, we were in space, it felt really weird, like I was floating around, which I was. I really wished I would have eaten something before I left, and I was really scared that I was gonna throw up my stomach juices and really make a mess. I was really scared, but then I saw it. <br><br>I saw the Earth, and I realized how beautiful it was. I realized how perfect it would be if humans could live in peace, and I realized how lucky I am to have the life I have. I was still really scared, and it was really hard trying to get to the window as I was floating around, but I finally made it. As soon as I saw the Earth, all my fears went away. Seeing the Earth and realizing that I was in space really made me realize how lucky I am, and how lucky I was to have a chance to see the entire universe, and one day I will.<br><br>The shuttle ride back to Earth was really boring, as I couldn't look out the window, and I couldn't walk around. I was really sad that my trip to space was over, but really excited to go to Mars, and I was just hoping that I wouldn't throw up. I was really relieved when the shuttle landed, as I could get out, and walk around. I would spend the night in the dorm, and the next day I would leave, and spend the rest of my stormtrooper career on Mars.<br><br>I really wished I could have told my family and friends about my trip to space, but space troopers are a secret, and Gaben wasn't supposed to exist. As I walked to one of the elevators to take me to the dorms, I couldn't help but think about how cool it was, and how lucky I was to be on this planet. It was the luckiest I've ever felt, and it's a feeling that I would never forget. I rode the elevator and I couldn't help but feel like I was the luckiest man alive. I was an astronaut, and I went to space. It was the coolest thing I've ever done, and I felt really lucky to have been able to do it. <br><br>I arrived at the dorm and I couldn't help but feel a little alone. The other space troopers really liked me, and I really didn't wanna leave, but I knew I had to. I went to my room to pack my things, and then to the dinner hall to eat and say my goodbyes. I got to the dinner hall a little after nine, and it was very empty, and there was no food. I was really disappointed, as I was really hungry and I wasn't going to have a chance to say my goodbyes. <br><br>I left the dinner hall, and I went to one of the hangars, where I met the guy who was gonna take me to Mars in his ship. He was around twenty-five, and he told me that he was really glad he got to take me to Mars, as it was his first time. He had been training for around two years, and his instructors really liked him, and they called him the "Space Trooper".<br><br>He looked at me, and I at him, and then he said "Its nice to finally meet you Gaben." "Nice to meet you too Space Trooper, but what's your name?" Gaben asked. "Its nice to meet you too Space Trooper, but what's your name?" The Space Trooper repeated. "No, your name?" I asked. "No, your name?" He repeated. I was really confused, and really frustrated. "What is your name?" I asked again. He then paused for a second and said "Oh, you mean my name? My name is Space Trooper Gaben... Wait What??" And then the Space Trooper started to shake violently, and then he fell to the ground in a seizure.<br><br>I ran to him, but I didn't know what to do. He was shaking really bad, and I didn't know what to do. I ran to the elevator to get someone, but as I was running to the elevator, a voice spoke in my ear. "Gaben, don't get anyone, it's not safe. Come to Conference Room 3." I didn't see anyone, and I didn't know who or where it was, but it really scared me. I still went to Conference Room 3, and it was a large room with a really long table. Behind the table sat an old man, who was probably in his late seventies, and who looked a lot like my grandfather. He told me to sit down, and I did. <br><br>The old man then pulled down a large screen behind him, and on it he showed me the day stormtroopers were created. "Back in 3000 BCE, we were a technologically advanced planet, and we were in contact with other planets, and in 3000 BEC, we created the first space troopers, who were really just humans in really advanced suits." The old man explained. "But these suits didn't work very well, and ten years after the first set of space troopers were created, we had already lost nearly a hundred of them. But then ten years later, we created Gaben." The old man said. <br><br>I then looked at him really confused and he continued to talk. "Yes, it's true, Gaben was the first space trooper to never die. He survived hundreds of missions, and he never died. And now you're Gaben." The old man said. I looked at him in confusion, "No, I'm Gaben, and soon you're gonna be Space Trooper Gaben." I replied. "I'm afraid not." The old man said. As soon as he finished speaking, I heard a loud bang, and then the Space Trooper stood behind me. <br><br>"I'm afraid not." He said. The old man nodded, and the Space Trooper put his knee on my back, and held me against the ground, and then the old man shot me with a tranquilizer. As I fell to the ground, all I could think about was how lucky I was to have gone to space and spend the day there. And now I was gonna die. It was the unluckiest I had ever felt, and it's a feeling that I will never forget. <br><br>I woke up in a really cold room, and I saw a clone of myself, and he was dressed in a really advanced space trooper suit. "Who are you?" Gaben clone asked. "I'm Gaben, and I'm an astronaut." I said. "No, you're not." Gaben clone said. "I'm afraid you're not Gaben, Gaben is dead." "No, I'm Gaben!" I said. "No, you're not." He repeated. We kept repeating that for a while. <br><br>I then started to feel really weird, and I don't know, but then I was Gaben. I knew that I was a space trooper, Gaben was my codename, and I knew that Gaben was a legendary space trooper who went on hundreds of missions and never died, but then something happened to him and he died. As I walked out of the room where all the other space troopers lived, I knew that I was Gaben, and I knew that I had stormtrooper armor that looked like the one from Star Wars, and every other space trooper had the same armor. But mine was special, it was Gaben's, and I didn't know how it survived Gaben's death, but it did. I then realized that they were talking about the previous Gaben.<br><br>I soon realized that I was the clone of the previous Gaben, Gaben's clone, and then I realized that I was alone. I